Bill > H5101

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; amending s. 110.123, F.S.; revising definitions for the state group insurance program; providing for the initial open enrollment period for specified employees; providing requirements for the minimum participation period for specified institutions; amending s. 1002.31, F.S.; providing for certain students to receive a stipend for transportation to certain public schools, subject to legislative appropriation; providing eligibility requirements; providing requirements for the award and distribution of the stipends; providing duties for the Department of Education; providing for the amount of the stipend; providing that each household may only receive one stipend; providing that the stipend is not taxable income; providing liability; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; revising the list of universities exempt from a certain limitation relating to charter lab schools; deleting the Lab School Educational Facility Trust Fund; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; revising provisions relating to budget projections for charter schools; requiring charter schools to report full-time equivalent student membership rather than student enrollments for funding purposes; providing that aHB 5101,2024 Legislature specified funding calculation applies to charter schools sponsored by a school district; authorizing charter schools to receive specified funding under certain circumstances; providing that funding for studentsin charter schools sponsored by state universities or Florida College System institutions is provided in the Florida Education Finance Program and General Appropriations Act; providing calculations for such funding; providing for the recalculation of such funding; providing a calculation for such charter school's capital outlay funding; deleting charter school eligibility for a specified incentive program; amending s. 1002.391, F.S.; creating the Bridge to Speech Program for specified purposes, subject to authorization and funding in the General Appropriations Act; providing requirements for the department; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; revising the authorized uses of funds from the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.395, F.S.; revising authorized uses of funds from the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.68, F.S.; revising the program year for the Department of Education to adopt a specifiedHB 5101,2024 Legislature methodology for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; revising the program year that specified provisions take effect relating to program providers and public schools; deleting provisions relating to program providers and public schools assessment composite scores; amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; revising the percentage of specified funds early learning coalitions may maintain for certain purposes; amending s. 1002.82, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; requiring the department to collect specified data and report certain data annually; amending s. 1002.84, F.S.; revising the duties of early learning coalitions; amending s. 1002.89, F.S.; revising a specified calculation for the school readiness program allocation; amending s. 1002.895, F.S.; revising requirements for the market rate schedule for the school readiness program; deleting requirements for the department to annually collect specified data; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; repealing s. 1002.90, F.S., relating to school readiness cost-of-care information; amending s. 1002.92, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made the act; creating s. 1003.4206, F.S.; creating the Charity for Change program for specified purposes, subject to authorization and funding in theHB 5101,2024 Legislature General Appropriations Act; authorizing the program to use specified providers to deliver certain services; creating s. 1006.042, F.S.; creating the AMIkids, Inc., program for specified purposes, subject to authorization and funding in the General Appropriations Act; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring district school boards to establish a threat management coordinator for specified purposes; amending s. 1006.27, F.S.; deleting the Driving Choice Grant Program; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; requiring certain voluntary prekindergarten students to be referred to his or her local school district to receive support through a certain summer bridge program; providing requirements for such program; amending s. 1009.896, F.S.; renaming the Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program as the Florida First Responder Scholarship Program; providing and revising definitions; revising the program to include specified first responders; providing eligibility criteria and award requirements for such first responders; amending s. 1009.90, F.S.; requiring the department to have a system to track specified information relating to school bond referenda and debt for school districts; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; providing that certain charter schools are eligibleHB 5101,2024 Legislature for the state-funded discretionary contribution; requiring rather than authorizing the Legislature to appropriate funds for the educational enrollment stabilization program; providing requirements for such funding; amending s. 1011.765, F.S.; including specified organizations and foundations as public school district education foundations for specified purposes; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; revising the requirements for an applicant to be issued a temporary apprenticeship educator certificate; amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; providing that charter schools sponsored by Florida College System institutions and state universities are ineligible for specified funding; conforming a cross-reference; providing that a specified taxable value for the Wakulla County School District shall be used for specified calculations for the 2023-2024 fiscal year; providing that such provisions expire on a specified date; providing effective dates.

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Josie Tomkow (R)*,  Dana Trabulsy (R), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Chapter No. 2024-230; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2024-231) (on 06/13/2024)

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